Greetings From Allentown

By Peter Winson

Greetings From Allentown is a podcast taking a look at the history of pro wrestling through the lens of weekly TV episodes from the 70s through the 90s covering WWF, WCW, and much more!... more

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July 19, 2018 74. WCW Pro on WGN (Chicago) 03-09-1991
This week the show jets to Chicago for a look at WCW Pro on WGN from March 9, 1991!

- The reasons why WCW had to tailor a show like this to Chicago only
- The Freebirds lose the world tag team titles as part of an elaborate short sell
- Attempting to explain why the Southern Boys became the Young Pistols and finding a better way to do it
- How Jim Herd did Ric Flair a favor
- Sitting in as the third wheel on an awkward date with El Gigante and Missy Hyatt
- Legendary sportscaster Jack Brickhouse: From Willie Mays to Alexandra York
- Barry Windham's hair is ridiculous
- The valid reason why Bobby Eaton sucker punched the Z-Man

Also:
- Dustin Rhodes imitates his daddy
- The 1991 Chicago White Sox and a little dose of Chicago baseball history
- Michael Jackson echoes his sister Janet at the MTV Video Music Awards
- If he is from anywhere he pleased, why would Sid Vicious choose West Memphis, Arkansas?
- YouTube Comment Theater!

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1h 55min
July 12, 2018 73. WWF All American Wrestling 02-23-1986
This week features a loaded episode of WWF All American Wrestling from February 23, 1986!

- Why this particular show had so many big matches
- Randy Savage kicks off his IC title reign and his strong case for best of all IC champs
- Terry Funk shows and tells us the importance of family
- The diminishing returns of bringing back Mr. T for WrestleMania 2
- Mr. Wonderful treads water
- Spicing up the Lanny Poffo act of 1986 through song
- The inherent problem with using boxing in the wrestling world
- Making sense of the “WWF on Tour” announcements

Plus:
- A public service announcement about restaurant etiquette when in large groups
- Connecting the Philippines revolution ousting Ferdinand Marcos back to wrestling
- In light of Paul Orndorff’s ’86 induction, looking at other University of Tampa Hall of Famers
- So many fragrance ads along with one for a failed computer system
- The Andre the Giant of thumb wrestling
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1h 50min
July 05, 2018 72. Mid-Atlantic Wrestling November 1981
This week we take a trip to the Carolinas for some Jim Crockett Promotions action with Mid Atlantic Wrestling from November 1981!
- Mid Atlantic as a star laden territory
- Roddy Piper as top guy fending off challenger Ricky Steamboat
- Defending Bob Caudle as a host of weekly wrestling TV
- Sandy Scott tries to attract big names to the territory by offering a specific prize in a vague contest
- Framing Sgt. Slaughter as an all-time great
- What exactly would you call Jimmy Valiant?
- The much more athletic 1981 Jake Roberts
Plus:
- Local promos for a show that may or may not have happened
- A brief history of the studio where this show was taped, WPCQ in Charlotte
- Similarities between a song by The Police and the fight song of a Major League Baseball team
- A 1995 WWF gimmick idea using one of the early 80s JCP jobber names
- YouTube Comment Theater!
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1h 33min
June 28, 2018 71. G.L.O.W. Pilot Episode 1986
In honor of the 2nd season of GLOW dropping on Netflix, this week Greetings From Allentown takes a look at the original G.L.O.W. from the 1980s with their pilot episode!

- How G.L.O.W. was different from traditional wrestling promotions and its cult-like popularity
- Thoughts on the Netflix series GLOW
- Matilda the Hun wants meat and she knows how to get it
- WWE Hall of Famer Ivory: the bridge between G.L.O.W. and the Attitude Era
- Critiques of David McLane as a play by play announcer
- Salt and Pepper take me back to my childhood with their fighting
- An incredible moment where someone goes through a table(!)
- Americana: a preview of Trump’s America?
- The unique production elements during the broadcast

Plus:
- Travel adventures in Atlanta, GA with long baseball games and confusing rental car keys
- A few quality raps and some bizarre promos on topics like food and men in Africa, apple pie, and eating banana splits
- Don’t mess with casino security
- Hollywood shocks by working blue
- A lengthy YouTube Comment Theater where many commenters tell everyone about how they used to make love on themselves
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1h 25min
June 21, 2018 70. WWWF Championship Wrestling 10-29-1977
It is that 70s show this week with the initial visit to the decade for a look at WWWF Championship Wrestling from October 29, 1977!

- The Grand Wizard makes his case for 1977’s Manager of the Year while running down Arnold Skaaland
- The forgotten moment that made the Manager of the Year trophy presentation stand out
- “Exclusive” audio of the breakup of the championship tag team of Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf
- Why Dusty Rhodes couldn’t and wouldn’t be the WWF’s top guy for the 1984 national expansion
- The unusual buildup of Bob Backlund in ’77 and how he differed from previous top guys in the promotion
- Dewey Robertson as a pure wrestler in his pre-Missing Link days
- A different kind of Vince McMahon on commentary: quiet and subdued
- Fun with enhancement talents and odd looking results
- A single heckler gives Backlund advice
- Larry Sharpe: Pretty boy?

Plus:
- Meditations on the music of 1977
- Thoughts on the Panama Canal treaty
- What the Zembo Mosque means to certain wrestlers
- The return of YouTube Comment Theater!

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1h 37min
June 14, 2018 69. ECW Hardcore TV 10-10-1997
Episode number 69 gets extreme with a look at ECW Hardcore TV from October 10, 1997 (ECW 233 on the WWE Network)
- Breaking down one of the most (in)famous ECW matches ever between Beulah McGillicutty and Bill Alfonso
- Examining whether ECW could have been sustainable in the long term
- Figuring out the motivations and background for the Justin Credible character
- November to Remember ’97 and its similarity to JCP’s Starrcade ‘87
- Lance Storm’s hideous tail and its potential impact on US/Canada relations
- Why the Mr. Monday Night gimmick had an expiration date
- Paul Heyman as Vizzini the bald Sicilian from The Princess Bride
- An accusation of “match plagiarism” as “move inflation” runs amok

Plus:
- Thoughts on CM Punk and his MMA experience
- Common ground between wrestling and pornography
- Actual praise for a specific music dub on the WWE Network
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1h 44min
June 07, 2018 68. WWF Superstars 10-22-1988
This week we go back three decades for a look at the WWF Superstars of Wrestling from October 22, 1988!

- An examination of the attack on Hulk Hogan by the Big Bossman on the Brother Love Show
- The WWF in the fall of 1988: out with the old and in with the new
- Reasons why Haku was a logical choice for “King”
- What kind of wrestler would you want to be: one known for matches or one who is known for everything but the matches?
- The simple argument for why the Brain Busters WERE a good fit in the WWF
- Comparing two Akeems head to head for 1988-89
- Tito Santana runs into a string of bad luck
- Explaining the difference between the Warlord and the Barbarian
- A revelation by Bad News Brown

Plus:
- Running around downtown Nashville like Henry Hill at the end of Goodfellas
- A true tale of hustling drunk guys for money on the golf course at age 7 that ends with a life lesson
- Dan Quayle walks into a trap
- Singing the Hulkamania Prison Blues
- Famous men named Pork Chop
- Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura banter galore!

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1h 60min
May 31, 2018 67. AWA Wrestling on ESPN 05-09-1987
This week we head to Las Vegas, Nevada for an episode of AWA Championship Wrestling on ESPN from May 9, 1987!
- How one ends up doing an AWA show from this era
- Examining what Curt Hennig’s 1987 might have looked like had he jumped to the WWF
- A TV show idea for Larry Zbyszko
- Theorizing on Sensational Sherri’s working style
- Rod Trongard can’t keep his shaded eyes on the prize
- Nick Bockwinkel doesn’t give a crap anymore
- The one man who may have benefitted from Curt Hennig’s and the Midnight Rockers’ respective decisions during the year
- The racist symbol that somehow made its way onto ESPN
- Looking at Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs as separate enhancement talents
Plus:
- How Eric Bischoff got his foot in the door of professional wrestling
- What was that damn noise when sports channels went to commercial in the 1980s?
- Playing the AWA Front Row Empty Seat Watch game
- The current state of the site of the Las Vegas AWA shows “The Showboat”
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1h 33min
May 24, 2018 66. WCW Prime 03-11-1996
Get funky like a monkey for a look at WCW Prime from March 11, 1996!
- The ridiculousness of the Doomsday cage match at Uncensored but did the heels actually accomplish their goal?
- Finding the perfect gimmick for John Tenta in WCW
- The Berlyn gimmick and Alex Wright: a victim of circumstance and oversized egos
- Why Men at Work and the Barrio Brothers should have joined forces
- The impossible situation of The Renegade
- Sting's new role: NASCAR interviewer?
- Critiquing Dave Taylor’s gear
- The alternate universe where The Gambler is the WCW World Television champion
Plus:
- Spicing up the bowling commercial
- How NOT to tell a deaf person that the fire alarm is going off
- What Peter did in his last ever
- There are many men named Manny Fernandez and why is Dusty Rhodes concerned about one of them?
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1h 44min
May 17, 2018 65. WWF Superstars 11-23-1991
This week the show jumps back into WWF’s “mini-Attitude Era” of 1991 with a look at WWF Superstars from November 23!
• Examining the entire cobra bite saga with Jake Roberts and Randy Savage, with great camera work and perhaps Vince McMahon’s last great call
• The Mad Men-inspired theory of WWF’s suddenly crazy storylines in 1991
• How Shawn Michaels is kind of like a John Travolta character
• Former blood enemies teaming up: how much time needs to pass before this can be accepted?
• Breaking down the WWF run of Big Bully Busick
• Hulk Hogan invokes God as he faces his Gravest Challenge
• So what exactly was the nature of Jack Tunney’s relationship with Elizabeth?
• The Undertaker gets audio treatments to close out his promos
Plus:
• Why it’s a good thing that Ric Flair’s “real world title” belt was censored
• Goofy Survivor Series team promos aplenty
• Wanting to be an Executive Consultant
• Medicating a cat in the year 2018: we’ve come a long way, baby!
• The return of YouTube Comment Theater!
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1h 45min

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